Fadnavis to negotiate with allies for Maha polls: BJP Mumbai unit chief

The BJP announced on Sunday that its senior leader and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will take the decisions over seat-sharing and negotiations with allies for the upcoming assembly polls in the state. BJP's Mumbai unit chief Ashish Shelar told reporters, The core committee (of the state unit) convened in Mumbai to delegate all decision-making powers concerning seat-sharing and the selection of assembly constituencies to Fadnavis. The move aims to prevent undesired delays by streamlining the preparations for the assembly elections due in a few months, he said. Party observer and Union minister Bhupendra Yadav, BJP national secretary Vinod Tawde, Union minister and Mumbai North MP Piyush Goyal also attended the meeting in Mumbai. Of the 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra, the BJP had won 104 in 2019. Shelar confirmed the finalisation of the formula for winning besides the planning and seat-sharing arrangements with the allies. Fadnavis has been granted full authority in t